Molson amphitheatre ontario place

By Jennifer Pagliaro City Hall Bureau Sat., Jan. 12, 2019 It was meant to be a place for the people. But Ontario Place was also conceived with a bit of hubris in mind. It also was built without building permits. The idea was first pitched by then Progressive Conservative premier John Robarts in August 1968 as a new exhibition space for the province — an expanded Canadian National Exhibition — in response to Expo 67, which had just concluded to great acclaim for Montreal, which was rivalling Toronto as a cultural jewel. Robarts, who was opening the Ex that day, the Star reported, called the province’s vision in part a “major new recreational complex for the use of the people of Ontario.” The project would see the CNE open longer; it would include water elements like those at Expo and replicate the success of Ontario’s pavilion at the recently concluded world fair, he said. It would reflect the same “mood of gaiety and … [Read more...] about From the beginning, Ontario Place was about the future